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Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises on its 2014/15 Annual Report & 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance, with Minister & Deputy Minister & Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
The Minister of Public Enterprises delivered an opening address where she noted:
- 2015 was the first year that SOCs in the DPE had been trading their own balance sheets, despite what was in the public domain around DENEL.
- The combined infrastructure spend by Transnet and Eskom had amounted ...
Public Enterprises
State-owned companies corporate governance challenges: progress report; Department of Public Enterprises 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
9 Sep 2015
The Minister of Public Enterprises told the Committee that the concept of government ownership, and the government conducting itself as a shareholder in essential sectors, was emerging as an important vehicle by which the state could achieve its strategic economic objectives. The success of such an approach required a specific ...
Public Enterprises
State-Owned Companies contribution to Industrial Develpment: briefing by Department of Trade & Industry
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said the National Development Plan (NDP) identified the risk to sustainable, inclusive growth if the country did not purposively diversify its economy. Government’s 9-Point Plan is a response to the current global and domestic challenges. The Plan identifies the role of State Owned ...
Public Enterprises
South African Express Airways 2013/14 Annual Report & 2014/5 performance targets; Committee Report on DPE Budget
13 May 2015
The South African Express Airways (SAX) gave a briefing on its 2013/14 Annual Report and on the company’s performance targets for 2014/15. The financial statements for SAX were tabled late due to financial troubles. With the help of the Department of Public Enterprises and the National Treasury, SAX was able ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Green Fund; Convention on Control of Trans Boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste & Disposal: briefing
12 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs agreed that South Africa should ratify the Basel Convention Ban Amendment, after a briefing by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the Convention. The Basel Convention was an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
“Working For” Environmental Programmes & Green Fund EPWP projects; Famine Weed invasive alien; Value-Added Industries/Eco-Furniture; Committee Report on DEA Budget
28 Apr 2015
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) briefed the Committee on the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) projects in its “Working For” environmental programmes and the Green Fund. It looked at performance compared to its targets, distribution of work opportunities, demographics, five-year performance estimates for environmental programmes and job creation within ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom feedback on the challenges facing it
22 Apr 2015
In a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees on Public Enterprises and on Energy, the Eskom Board with support of the Eskom executive, provided feedback on progress made with the challenges facing it.
Questions and concerns raised by Members included:
- Governance instability which included the suspension of the four ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises Strategic and Annual Performance Plan 2015/16, in presence of Minister
25 Mar 2015
The Minister and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) met with the Committee to present the Department's Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2015/16. The Minister gave an overview of the six State Owned Companies (SOCs) - Transnet, Eskom, SA Express, Denel, South African Forestry Company (SAFCOL) and Alexkor ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs and Entities, Strategic Plans 2015/16 - 2019/2020, Annual Performance Plans 2015/16 and Budget Vote 30 continuation
24 Mar 2015
SA Weather Service
The SAWS presentation covered its mandate, its strategic plan and annual performance plan, its key programs goals and objectives and its financial projections.
Members asked SAWS if any amendments to its enabling legislation would appear before the Committee soon and if so which areas of the legislation ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs on their Strategic Plan for 2015-2019
20 Mar 2015
The Committee met with senior staff of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to go through the Department's medium term strategic plan for 2014-2019 following from a previous meeting where, due to a lack of time, the Department and Committee could get through only programme one (administration) of the plan. ...